"Ruan Ruan, I thought I was going to die, thank goodness you saved me!"
Anxia sobbed in Jiang Ruan's arms, still terrified as she thought about what had just happened.
Jiang Ruan tightened her arms and hugged An Xia tightly, then let go and looked at her earnestly, "Xia Xia, don't worry, everything is alright now."
The two separated by some distance, and Wanmei hurriedly walked up to them, interrupting their conversation.
"Something's not right here, something's really not right!"
The two looked up at the same time, their eyes filled with confusion, and asked in unison, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Wan Mei shook her head, then quickly nodded, her contradictory answers leaving the two of them completely puzzled.
They asked again what was going on, and Wanmei handed them the tablet, answering their questions.
The tablet was showing the evening news program, but other supplementary segments were also being broadcast. If it weren't for the prominent "News Broadcast" logo in the upper left corner, it would be hard to believe that this was such a formal program.
Because the scene was quite chaotic, with hordes of zombies chasing people running in the streets. They rushed into hotels, shopping malls, residential areas, and other places in the evening, howling at the entrances of places they couldn't enter and yelling behind people they couldn't reach.
There were bloodstains everywhere; it looked like a scene from a midnight horror movie.
On the screen, a small truck, protected by layers of iron fences, drove through the chaotic crowd. The reporter risked his life to record this brutal moment.
The three of them stared at the screen for too long, which made them physically uncomfortable, so they turned it off.
Jiang Ruan stared blankly at the quiet doorway as a wisp of white streak swept past, drawing a beautiful arc in the dark sky.
Her eyes widened, as if she were seeing things. She glanced again, and after confirming that another one had flown by, she was certain, "It looks like someone has started attacking the zombies with weapons!"
Upon hearing Jiang Ruan's words, An Xia quickly looked outside. Countless twinkling lights, like stars, glided across the sky diagonally above the shopping mall.
Anxia stammered, "Has war broken out? Is the whole country in chaos? What are we going to do? We're doomed."
Wanmei stood to the side, dejected. She had always been an optimist, but she was not without her sorrows. What she dreaded most was seeing anything related to parting again.
"This accident has definitely displaced many children and their parents. It's not just one or a few families; it's probably many families that are no longer whole!"
Wanmei muttered to herself, her words filled with regret.
She had experienced the pain of separation because she was an orphan.
She no longer wanted to witness farewells, because her dream was to become someone who could hold an umbrella for people like herself.
Jiang Ruan looked at her, walked over and sat down in front of her, and said as if she had something in mind, "If you want to save others, you must first learn to save yourself; if you want to protect others, you must first learn to protect yourself."
"Given the current situation, you're having trouble even protecting yourself, let alone protecting others."
Wan Mei looked up at Jiang Ruan, the woman who had seen right through her.
She even wondered if she would have been so lucky if she had been somewhere else instead of here.
They've probably been infected long ago, living like zombies, just like in the video.
Anxia interrupted, pointing at the turned-off screen and shouting, "Oh no! I made plans to have dinner with my sister before I came. She's probably still waiting for me at home. I wonder if she's alright."
"Ruan Ruan, can I borrow your phone for a moment? I need to ask something right away."
A few minutes later, Anxia almost dropped the phone because she heard a "hehehe" sound coming from her sister's end, accompanied by gnawing sounds.
She concluded that her sister had been infected, or even possibly eaten.
That was her only sister, and she panicked immediately.
She grabbed Anxia, hoping she would come with her to see the doctor. "Ruanruan, I've never asked you for anything before, but this time, you have to help me. You're all I have left."
How could Jiang Ruan refuse? Besides, she clearly felt that her superpowers seemed to have upgraded. Compared to medical treatment, they could now be used for poisoning and defense.
In this way, even if she went out with Anxia, she wouldn't get hurt, so she was willing to make the trip.
Wanmei had her own ideas, but she was held back because her parents needed her care and attention.
The two wrapped themselves up tightly and, before leaving, made a point of checking where the lured-away zombies had gone and why they hadn't moved for so long, fearing they might have gotten smarter and launched a sneak attack.
As it turns out, they were overthinking it.
The city smells so strongly of blood; they have no reason to stay in an impregnable place. They would rather go to a place where supplies are easier to obtain.
Jiang Ruan drove his modified car forward, following An Xia's directions. The main road was blocked, with vehicles lying haphazardly on the side of the road, and dried blood stains covering the cars.
If you smell it closely, you can also smell a strange fragrance coming from the zombie, which has a refreshing scent.
As they ventured deeper, the two saw police cars and ambulances parked on both sides of the main road, their lights flashing and sirens blaring, but no one was in sight.
Anxia peeked out the window, quickly closed it, and said timidly, "Ruanruan, have all the zombies been killed? Otherwise, why haven't we seen a single one?"
Jiang Ruan glanced at An Xia, then at the road outside, her heart heavy.
As someone who had been resurrected in her previous life, she naturally knew where these zombies had gone.
In the previous life, after the zombies attacked the city, the whole country was thrown into chaos. They rushed into Dongzhou City, and as if guided, they swept through the city on a large scale before swarming onto a building.
It was all because a boy with special blood was found in that building. Rumor had it that a zombie could level up three times with just one sip, and the more it drank, the stronger it became, until it became the Zombie King and led the zombie horde.
The reason the zombies discovered this was also bizarre: the deliveryman, who had been bitten, was suddenly stimulated by the boy's blood before he could even react, and this became common knowledge among the zombies.
That's why they are so persistent about it.
However, they did not succeed, because the boy seemed to have a built-in system. Under the system's guidance, he had made preparations in advance and built the entire building very sturdy, making it impossible for the zombie horde to enter.
They could only keep roaring down below, trying to intimidate the boy, but it turned out that as long as you're thick-skinned, nothing you do will work.
He remained completely unmoved.
In the end, someone envied the boy and took advantage of his kindness to pull him out of the water, which is why the boy was infected and seriously injured.
Because of his unique physical condition, he died immediately after being infected and did not turn into a zombie.
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